S.Amdt. 4374

SA 4374. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill
to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC. __. REQUIRING CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES TO ABSORB
PORT-IN VOUCHERS AND LIMITING BILLING INITIAL
PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES BEYOND 12 MONTHS.

Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(23) Portability of vouchers.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `covered public housing agency' means a
public housing agency that, in a given fiscal year, utilizes
less than 95 percent of the budget authority available to the
public housing agency;
``(ii) the term `initial public housing agency' has the
meaning given the term `initial PHA' in section 982.4 of
title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor
regulation; and
``(iii) the term `portable family' means a family holding a
voucher under this subsection that seeks to rent a dwelling
unit outside of the jurisdiction of the initial public
housing agency.
``(B) Requirement.--A covered public housing agency that
has jurisdiction over the area in which a portable family is
seeking to use the voucher received from an initial public
housing agency--
``(i) shall notify the initial public housing agency
whether the covered public housing agency will--

``(I) absorb the voucher by using funds of the covered
public housing agency; or
``(II) bill the initial public housing agency for a period
of not more than 12 months;

``(ii) shall make assistance payments to the portable
family under an annual contributions contract entered into
between the covered public housing agency and the Secretary;
and
``(iii) may not bill the initial public housing agency for
the assistance payments described in clause (ii) for a period
of more than 12 months beginning on the effective date of the
initial billing.''.
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